The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-15

A WOMAN WHO GOT IN DISGUISED
DENOUNCES THE BRIDEGROOM.
Miss Beckel Hardly Made Mrs. Schey-
or When the UNLIMITED Guest Plucks
Off Her Blonde Wig, and Cries Out
Aloud
From the Nsw YorI: sun.

Off Her Blonde Wig, and Cries Out
Aloud.
From the Nelg York Stu,.
The brown-stone building with mansard
| roof at the northwest corner of Fifty eighth
street and Lexington avenue up to two
years ago was private dwelling. 1t has
since flourished as a confectioner's shop,
and the upper stories have been let for balls
and Jewish weddings which are plenty in
the neghborhood. The building is now
known as Vienna Hail. The ballroom is on
| the second story.
On Sunday evening at dusk carriages
drove up to the main entrance on Licking
ton avenue, bringing men and women in
evening dress who had been invited to the
wedding of Herman Scheyer and Miss Irene
Beckel. Mr.. Scheyer is a Montreal man,
and Miss Beckel is the young daughter of
Lewis Beckel, whose home is 613 Lexington
avenue three blocks down the street. The
hall had been decorated with roses and
lilies, and on the next floor banquet was
waiting to be eaten. A band played all the
wedding music it knew, and it was a very
happy asSemblage.
The Beckes are of the Congregation
BETHEL, the Reformed Jewish temple at
Sixty third street and Lexington avenue,
and Rabbi Kaufman Kohler, the pastor,
OBLIGATED at the wedding. Mr.. and Mrs.
Beckel were the witnesses for their daugh-
ter. Mr.. Scheyer was without witnesses,
but this was not contrary to the ceremony
of the Reformed Jewish church. The mar
riage service was read in the front room of
the hall.
Rabbi Kohler had said the last words,
and the guests were fiocking up to con-
graduate the bridal couple, when they were
startled by shrill voice which came from
woman who was present without an invi-
tation, but in evening dress like the rest.
She had tried to force her way to Mr..
Scheyer's side, but the press of the guests
on their way to congratulate the couple
kept her back. She appeared to be blonde,
but now as she advanced she pulled off a
blonde wig and showed her black hair, and
she shrieked over the heads of those who
stood between her and Scheyer, pointing to
Scheyer as she did So:
Good God! am Cohen and Jewess:
am | to become a wanton? That man has
betrayed me-" Then she fell in an appar-
ent swoon.
The company was greatly startled, and
the groom appeared dazed for moment,
but he quickly recovered, and, while the
young woman was being carried up stairs
to the cloak room, he assured his bride that
nothing of her. Dr. l. Oppenheimer, of 157
East Fifty-slxth street, the family physi-
clan of the Beckels, restored the young
woman to consciousness, and she was then
taken in a carriage to the Bradford House,
65 East Eleventh street, where she arrived
on Saturday from her home in Montreal.
She is reported to have returned to Montreal
yesterday. Her name is Victoria Cohen.
and she is the daughter, it is said, of
hn &c coiI 10 hn 4
clared that she has child by Scheyer, and
that she fired on him in Montreal last sum-
mer because he refused to marry her. She
was put under bonds to keep the peace and
began suit against Scheyer.
1t was learned that few moments before
the marriage ceremony. l.. H. Steinhardt,
son-in-law of t. Cohen, the proprietor of the
hall, saw a carriage drive up to the door.
Out stepped Miss Cohen in her blonde wig,
dressed as richly as any lady at the we'd
ding. She seemed nervous and excited, and
asked Mr.. Steinhardt to direct her to the
cloak room. This was on the floor above
where the wedding was to take place. The
cloak room was crowded with guests, who,
after laying aside their wraps, went down
stairs to the main hall. Miss Cohen re-
manned in the room until she was reminded
that she had better hurry down if she
wished to see the marriage. She replied
that she was friend of the grooms from
Montreal, and that she had only lust heard
that he was to be married. A few minutes
after the ceremony she entered the hall and
denounced Schever as her betrayer. On
being taken to the cloak room she repeated
her denunciation of Schever, and added:
81 tried to shoot him once before | fol-
lowed him to New York" All connected
with the affair deny a story that she pro-
duced a pistol and threatened to use it on
Scheyer. 1t is stated for the young woman
that she had written to Mr. Beckel, the
father of the bride, many times regarding
her relations to Scheyer, but that no notice
was taken of her letters.
Mr. Beckel, the father of Irene. is sue
cessful tobacco merchant at 173 Duane
street The family are we'll known in fhe
Congregation BETHEL, and the daughter has
contributed to the success of the concerts
and fairs given in the temple for the young
peoples society.
Mr. Beckel denied report that Miss
Cohen had tlourlshed pistol, declaring her
intention to shoot his new son-in-law.
AT least l didn't see any pistol" Mr..
Beckel added, land l haven't heard that the
young woman had one. / was standing
talking to my son-in-law after the ceremony.
The rooms in the hall are divided by an
arch. and we were in the front room,
heard a shrill cry in the back room and in
stantly there was a commotion. What was
the cry How can | tell I 1t was a scream,
and as we all crowded into the back part of
the hall saw woman ON the point of faint
ing. Mr. Steinhardt, the son-in-law of Mr..
Cohen, the proprietor of the hall, and DR..
Oppenheimer were supporting the young
woman They carried her to the elevator
and took her to room up stairs. DIR. OPP
penheimer revived her, and from the ques-
tions he asked her am convinced that she
came TO the wedding to make scene. DR..
Oppenheimer succeeded in getting her to her
feet, and she was taken down stairs and
driven away"
Rabbi Kohler said he really knew very
little about the affair. He had just been
thanked by the groom for the impressive
ceremony, and the bridal couple had turned
TO receive the congratulations of their
friends when the rabbi heard shrill scream
and loud talking. The loud tones stopped
suddenly, and the rabbi saw two men carry
ing young woman out of the room. She
had tainted. She was dressed as a guest
and wore no hat.
Mr.. and Mrs Scheyer are stopping at one
of the New York hotels, and will sail for
Europe tomorrow.